why do this? (was re: DOS emulation under Windows XP)

[josh Herr]

I agree Hell if you want I have about 3 486 machines
you could talk me out of any one of them for about a
mcdonalds big mac and a pack of camels.  Win Xp is too
bulky for just running a dos program.
--- zscoundrel <zscoundrel at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 22:06:28 -0600
> From: zscoundrel <zscoundrel at kc.rr.com>
> To: Eric Gilliland <jegilliland at hotmail.com>
> CC: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: why do this? (was re: DOS emulation
> under Windows XP)
> 
> Another option would be to contact a mom and pop
> type computer store 
> that actually custom builds computers for their
> customers.  get a 
> machine built without ANY OS and buy a copy of DOS
> from a flea market 
> for 5 bucks.  (Heck, I may even still have a LEGAL
> copy of DOS 5 or 6.2 
> around here someplace!)
> 
> Eric Gilliland wrote:
> 
> > Several of you have (rightly) asked why I would
> even bother doing this.  
> > I was only seeking info for a co-worker.  The main
> reason he was 
> > considering this is that it is hard buying a new
> computer that does not 
> > have Win XP on it.  It seems a shame to pay the
> lisence fee for Win XP 
> > only to get rid of it and install DOS.  We are a
> for profit business, 
> > after all.
> > 
> > I am afraid that there might be a problem because
> the program in 
> > question is fairly old; it's origins date back at
> least a decade, 
> > according to my co-worker.  On his machine at work
> (a P II, I think) a 
> > model takes over 24 hours to run.  I think I may
> just install the 
> > program on my home machine and see if it runs
> under XP.
> > 
> > In any case, thank you all for your comments and
> help.
> > 
> > Eric Gilliland
> > 
> > J. Eric Gilliland
> > jegilliland at hotmail.com
> > Meet it is I set it down, that one may smile, and
> smile, and be a villain.
> > Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5
> > 
> >
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